Thanksgiving Facts
The Macy's day parade has been an annual celebration since 1924 in New York City. It is also a good time to watch all the many balloons on display. No other character has made more appearances in this parade than this popular comic strip dog. Who am i?
Snoopy
Each year, about 46 million of these are cooked, making it the ideal menu item for this holiday.
Turkey
This is a large building complex that contains residential suites where individuals tend to rent out or live. If it is not a house, it is probably this.
Apartment
This is a square of fabric worn around your neck or head to keep you warm.
Scarf
These cheesy snacks have been a popular snack especially with their Mascot Chester. These snacks bring out the best cheese quality and have been known to be very addictive.
Cheetos
This founding father of America, who helped draft the Declaration of Independence firmly believed that the turkey should have been the national bird of America, not the Bald Eagle. Which famous individual believed this?
Benjamin Franklin
Voted the number one side dish during this festive holiday, popular ingredients to add to this would include butter, milk and some spices as it accompanies many protein dishes.
Mashed Potatoes
This is the action for detaining someone or the state of being in official custody. In lesser terms, it's a punishment for an individual to be kept in school after hours.
Detention
This is a fixed regular payment, typically paid monthly or bi-weekly, expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer or employee. Typical earned through a job.
Salary
This is the largest specialty retailer in the United States dealing with consumer electronics retail. It was founded in 1966 and has now over 1,000 stores across US and Canada. It's a go-to destination for tech enthusiasts and everyday shoppers.
Best Buy
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 and was a 3-day festival. There was about 150 people there, consisting of five women, 90 Indians and 50 of these type of people, who were considered the English settlers who traveled to America on the Mayflower. What are these type of people called?
This popular side dish was invented by a 1953 college graduate when she was working for general foods. The secret behind the dish is the dimensions of the breadcrumbs, which led to the product hitting the shelves in 1971. The company that sold this dish is now owned by Kraft Foods.
Stuffing
This is a type of black-skinned wine grape that is popular to drink amongst individuals. it typically has a jammy flavor with fruity aromas such as blackberry, cherry, or plums.
Zinfandel
This is the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity. This is often compared to or the same as having endurance.
Stamina
This telephone company provides all types of telecommunication services ranging from the telephone to internet to wireless service. As of 2020, they completed their acquisition by T-Mobile.
Sprint
Turkey Trots are types of footraces, usually long-distance that happen on the morning of Thanksgiving, all around the United States, also as a way for charity purposes. The first ever Turkey Trot happened in 1896, in this city in west New York state that only had 6 people participate. What city?
Buffalo, NY
First offered to individuals in North America in 192, it officially hit the market in 1941. Americans are known to consume about 80 million pounds of this during the holiday. Traditionally we would boil the fruit with sugar to create this.
Cranberry Sauce
This is a short-flat headed pin, used for fastening paper to a wall or other surfaces.
Thumbtack
This is usually another name for a party or gathering, typically at nighttime at a private house. It's typically an elegant and intimate affair event, with ambient music playing in the background while guests engage in private conversation.
Soiree
Created in 1918, this car business prides itself on the dedication to customers' changing needs by offering a wide variety of vehicles and services. They focus on speed and convenience and have earned themself the largest worldwide airport general use car rental brand.
Hertz
In 1953, an overzealous employee overestimated the number of frozen turkeys the company should order for Thanksgiving, ending up with about 260 extra turkeys. A salesman decided to take this extra food and make individual dinners and sell them. This led to the creation of this specific food industry, that is still popular today.
Iconic TV dinners
What's a holiday of eating without some serving of vegetables on the side. There are many options here but when it comes to most common, it's this vegetable that is found at most dinner parties. They are the third most popular vegetable grown in gardens. Just don't eat them raw cause they are a bit toxic.
Green Beans
This is a type of tool with a long handle and sharp metal prongs. It's known for its use in Greek Mythology or in Christianity as associated with the Devil.
Pitchfork
This is the art of making someone or something look ridiculous, raising laughter in order to embarrass, humble or discredit its targets. It usually is witty, ironic and often exaggered to bring the audience a different type of awareness.
Satire
This American monthly magazine was founded in 1888 as a scholarly journal. It has been inspiring people to care about the planet and have become one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational institutions in the world.
National Geographic